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    12 October 2009
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  • Table of contents:

    1. The CUTEC Recruitment Event
    2. Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge
    3. Enterprise Tuesday
    4. International Forum, Cambridge - "Success: Vision & Action"
    5. CUE Business Plan Contest
    6. Entrepreneurship in social development lecture series - how enterprise can change the world!

  • 1. The CUTEC Recruitment Event

    CUTEC Recruitment Event

    Date & Time: TUESDAY, 13 October, 8pm to 10pm
    Venue: Judge Business School

    If you're interested in technology and enterprise, come to our recruitment event on 13th October to find out more about the Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC).

    Stop by to meet our members informally and learn about our activities within the entrepreneurial sector. Discover how your talents can fit into our team (no specific experience needed).

    CUTEC is a fast-growing club and we are on the look out for enthusiastic members from diverse backgrounds to keep up our exceptional year-on-year growth.

    For more information visit http://www.CUTEC.org or e-mail enquiries@cutec.org

  • 2. Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge

    There is nothing like meeting a dozen or so iconic serial entrepreneurs to inspire you to set up or join a start-up after graduation. Come find out why joining a start-up is SO much more worthwhile than going into consulting or banking after graduation.

    One of the advantages of being at Cambridge University is that we have access to the leading entrepreneurs who have founded the companies that rule the world.

    A highlight of our entrepreneurial year is the Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge Summit, scheduled for 19, 20th November 2009 here in Cambridge. The summit, powered by NESTA and organised by CfEL, CUE, CUTEC and MBA Ventures promises to be an extraordinary gathering of leading minds from around the world, including students, alumni, faculty, and special invited guests. A number of serial entrepreneurs from Cambridge and Silicon Valley have assembled a timely and thought-provoking program that is sure to generate lively discussion on the important issues of how to best build or join the companies that will change the world as we know it today.

    Come meet with Iconic entrepreneurs, including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Peter Thiel (Paypal), Biz Stone (Twitter), Caterina Fake (Flickr) and investors such as Allen Morgan (Mayfield) and Brett Bullington (Angel). Activities include an evening debate at the Cambridge Union on the 19th and Masterclasses for students at the Judge Business School on the 20th.

    Registration for the event is free and is now open at http://www.svc2c.com. Check out also the Twitter, LinkedIn & Facebook SVc2C groups! Please SIGN UP EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

  • 3. Enterprise Tuesday

    Do you want to be an entrepreneur? Do you have a business idea and don’t know how to get started? Do you want to transform an idea into a real enterprise? Then come along to Enterprise Tuesday!

    The highly successful Enterprise Tuesday series resumes on 20th October 2009 with Professor Henning Sirringhaus (Co-founder of Plastic Logic), Martin Jackson (VP Technology Plastic Logic) and Bill Earner (Investment Manager at Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd) presenting on the theme of 'Why entrepreneurship is a real option.'
    SIGN UP SOON! Register via http://bit.ly/YSnZz

    Starts at 6pm

    Enterprise Tuesday is a series of FREE evening lectures and networking sessions run by the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL), part of Judge Business School, from October to February. The aim is to inspire people to pursue entrepreneurial ambitions and build basic business skills. CfEL’s Enterprise Tuesday is a major focus on entrepreneurship for the University demonstrating the application of learning to solve problems and create businesses. It is also coordinated with the Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) business creation competitions.

    Please check our web site for the full line-up of speakers which includes Kell Ryan, Founding Member of Ryanair; David Cleevely, Founder of Analysys; Sir Greg Winter FRS, Co-Founder of Cambridge Antibody Technology; Neil Davidson, Co-Founder of Redgate Software and Warren East, CEO , ARM Ltd.

    Registration is FREE via our online application form and you only need to register ONCE for the whole series. For further information, please email enterprisetuesday@jbs.cam.ac.uk

    Enterprise Tuesday is run in conjunction with the Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE), the Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC) and Cambridge Enterprise Ltd. The 2009/10 series is being sponsored by Business Link East. It is also supported by Laurea University, Mintz Levin and the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

  • 4. International Forum, Cambridge - "Success: Vision & Action"

    Cambridge University Education Without Borders (CUEWB) will hold an exciting one-day forum on Saturday, 7 November 2009, by kind invitation of Prof. Michael Thorne, Vice Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University. This is the 3rd CUEWB international forum in the "Success: Vision & Action" series. The forum will be a great opportunity for CUTEC members to benefit from the knowledge and experience of the five renowned speakers. For more information and to register, please visit http://www.cuewb.com/node/1336.

  • 5. CUE Business Plan Contest

    - £100 for 100 words -

    Competition opens WEDNESDAY, 14 October at 20:00.
    Submission deadline WEDNESDAY, 28 October at 23.59.

    The best essay you'll ever write.

    CU Entrepreneurs has 20 cash prizes of £100 to give away, each for a summary of a business idea of not more than 100 words. The challenge is to condense what you want to say and get all the major points across in a single paragraph. Remember to make your idea 'POP'

    Make sure you describe its Potential
    Make sure that your idea is Original
    Make sure your idea is well Presented and clear

    The £100 Challenge is what you make of it - the start of something big, or a quick way to pocket £100. Ultimately, CU Entrepreneurs want to help you make your ideas happen. Since 1999 we have awarded over £500k in prize money to over 40 start-ups and have seen many of them develop into successful companies.

    <Grand Launch>
    Date: WEDNESDAY, 14 Oct 2009 - 18:00 - 21:00
    Venue: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

    The event is free to all with drink and food, as well as the chance to meet potential team-mates for this year's business creation competition. Come along and find out what it takes to be a winner. Please go to http://cuegrandlaunch.eventbrite.com to secure your place!

  • 6. Entrepreneurship in social development lecture series - how enterprise can change the world!

    Monday, 26 October, 6pm - Ken Banks (kiwanja.net)
    'Mobile technology and innovation: An African perspective'
    Ken will talk about how his FrontlineSMS mobile phone technology is being applied in developing countries

    Monday, 2 November, 6pm - Lynn Cunningham (Hotel Chocolat)
    Lynn will talk about corporate social responsibility and Hotel Chocolat's 'engaged ethics' policy

    Monday, 9 November, 6pm - Dr Jim Platts (University of Cambridge)
    'Bamboo wind-turbine blades raise spirits in China'
    The use of bamboo as a material for wind turbine blades, and how Dr Platts' work is directly benefiting children in remote Chinese villages.

    Venue TBC, for more information visit http://humcentre.org/ or email holly.edwards@humcentre.org

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